Language And Tourism In Postcolonial Settings

Author : Angelika Mietzner,Anne Storch
Publisher : Channel View Publications
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781845416805

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Language and Tourism in Postcolonial Settings by Angelika Mietzner,Anne Storch Pdf

This book focuses on perspectives from and on the global south, providing fresh data and analyses on languages in African, Caribbean, Middle-Eastern and Asian tourism contexts. It provides a critical perspective on tourism in postcolonial and neocolonial settings, explored through in-depth case studies. The volume offers a multifaceted view on how language commodifies, and is commodified in, tourism settings and considers language practices and discourse as a way of constructing identities, boundaries and places. It also reflects on academic practice and economic dynamics in a field that is characterised by social inequalities and injustice, and tourism as the world's largest industry enacting dynamic communicative, social and cultural transformations. The book will appeal to both undergraduate and postgraduate students of tourism studies, linguistics, literature, cultural history and anthropology, as well as researchers and professionals in these fields.

Author : Anne Storch,Angelika Mietzner
Publisher : Channel View Publications
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781845418397

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The Impact of Tourism in East Africa by Anne Storch,Angelika Mietzner Pdf

This book explores the relationship between imperial formations and individual encounters at African tourist sites – spaces of leisure, healing and work. It examines how encounters between tourists and hosts tend to be constructed along colonial thought lines and considers how players in the hospitality industry do not interact as coeval participants, but are racialised, scripted and positioned according to colonially-established order. The authors focus on the language of these encounters, not only speech, performance and response, but also silence, resonance, emptiness, noise – objectified, materialised, evasive and confusing. Through its exploration of language in these encounters, the volume shows that ruination is the one feature that is omnipresent in the multiple and diverse tourist settings of the postcolonial world. This book is open access under a CC BY ND licence.

Author : Bal Krishna Sharma,Shuang Gao
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781000467970

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Language and Intercultural Communication in Tourism by Bal Krishna Sharma,Shuang Gao Pdf

This collection critically examines tourism as a site of intercultural communication, drawing on the analytical tools afforded by the discipline toward better understanding contemporary tourism discourses and the broader societal structures of power and ideologies in which they are situated. The volume interrogates culture and interculturality in tourism in detailed analyses of discursive details in tourism interactions and focuses on the notion of culture as a process or phenomenon engaged in or enacted on by individuals. Drawing on discourse analytic and ethnographic approaches, the book brings together perspectives from the lived experiences of residents, hosts and ethnographers to explore the extent to which linguistic and cultural differences are constructed, identities negotiated, and power relations maintained and perpetuated in tourism encounters. The volume draws on insights from those working across a range of geographic contexts and explores the interplay of these issues in English as well as other languages and language varieties used in tourism interactions. With its focus on critical approaches to understanding language and culture, this book will appeal to students and scholars in intercultural communication, applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, discourse analysis, and tourism studies.

Author : Nico Nassenstein,Anne Storch
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781501511202

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Swearing and Cursing by Nico Nassenstein,Anne Storch Pdf

While most of the more recent influential work on swearing has concentrated on English and other languages from the Global North, looking at forms and functions of swear words, this contribution redirects the necessary focus onto a sociolinguistics of swearing that puts transgressive practices in non-Western languages into the focus. The transdisciplinary volume contains innovative case studies that address swearing and cursing in parts of the world characterized by consequences of colonialism and increasingly debated inequalities. Turning away from more conventional and established methodologies and theoretical approaches, the book envisages to address transgressive linguistic practices, performances and contexts in Africa, Asia, America and Europe –including individuals' creativity, subversive power and agency. Due to its interdisciplinary and non-mainstream focus, this volume is an essential addition to the field of studies.

Author : Carsten Levisen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783111337432

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Postcolonial Semantics by Carsten Levisen Pdf

Author : Sinah Theres Kloß
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000707984

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Tattoo Histories by Sinah Theres Kloß Pdf

Tattoo Histories is an edited volume which analyses and discusses the relevance of tattooing in the socio-cultural construction of bodies, boundaries, and identities, among both individuals and groups. Its interdisciplinary approach facilitates historical as well as contemporary perspectives. Rather than presenting a universal, essentialized history of tattooing, the volume’s objective is to focus on the entangled and transcultural histories, narratives, and practices related to tattoos. Contributions stem from various fields, including Archaeology, Art History, Classics, History, Linguistics, Media and Literary Studies, Social and Cultural Anthropology, and Sociology. They advance the current endeavour on the part of tattoo scholars to challenge Eurocentric and North American biases prevalent in much of tattoo research, by including various analyses based in locations such as Malaysia, Israel, East Africa, and India. The thematic focus is on the transformative capacity of tattoos and tattooing, with regard to the social construction of bodies and subjectivity; the (re-)creation of social relationships through the definition of (non-)tattooed others; the formation and consolidation of group identities, traditions, and authenticity; and the conceptualization of art and its relevance to tattoo artist–tattooee relations.

Author : Ann Selvaranee Balasingam,Yue Ma
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811652646

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Asian Tourism Sustainability by Ann Selvaranee Balasingam,Yue Ma Pdf

This book brings together a collection of chapters that investigate sustainable tourism development in different Asian contexts; from stakeholders’ perspectives, existing issues in the market, as well as the impacts of COVID-19 on tourism. It highlights the importance of tourism sustainability in Asia. Specifically, this book examines these themes by examples related to Asian tourism such as; social-cultural impact of sustainable growth, environmental constraints and policies, community engagement, moral limits of the market, stakeholders’ participation in tourism development, the hindered interaction between foreign tourists and local community, impact of the pandemic and proposed ways forward. This edited volume substantiates this by using evidence of quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods approaches aligned with empirical data to show sustainable efforts and impacts. This book is of interest to researchers and practitioners as it offers timely understandings of sustainable tourism from multiple perspectives within the Asian context.

Author : Freya Higgins-Desbiolles,Bobbie Chew Bigby
Publisher : Channel View Publications
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781845418816

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The Local Turn in Tourism by Freya Higgins-Desbiolles,Bobbie Chew Bigby Pdf

In a world that is subject to rapid change and cascading crises this book considers the vital importance of local communities to grounded, just and sustainable tourism futures. Embracing local tourism as relational, the contributors examine how tourism can be reoriented to better connect people, place and planet. This local turn starts by centring local communities at the heart of tourism and identifies ways to ensure local community rights and benefits in tourism. Presenting concepts, case studies and practitioner insights, the chapters explore what putting locals first might mean; the constraints of markets and the promise of alternatives; ‘tours’ and ‘turns’ offering possibilities for circles, cycles and connections; approaches for democratising tourism; and building an ethos of relatedness through a relational imperative to face the future together. The introduction and Chapter 1 are free to download as open access publications. You can access them here: Freya Higgins-Desbiolles and Bobbie Chew Bigby: Introduction: Embracing the Local Turn in Tourism to Empower Communities: https://zenodo.org/record/7234710#.Y1Kd8nbMLcs Chapter 1. Bobbie Chew Bigby, Joseph Edgar and Freya Higgins-Desbiolles: Place-based Governance in Tourism: Placing Local Communities at the Centre of Tourism: https://zenodo.org/record/7234717#.Y1KpinbMLcs

Author : Svenja Völkel,Nico Nassenstein
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110726626

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Approaches to Language and Culture by Svenja Völkel,Nico Nassenstein Pdf

This book provides an overview of approaches to language and culture, and it outlines the broad interdisciplinary field of anthropological linguistics and linguistic anthropology. It identifies current and future directions of research, including language socialization, language reclamation, speech styles and genres, language ideology, verbal taboo, social indexicality, emotion, time, and many more. Furthermore, it offers areal perspectives on the study of language in cultural contexts (namely Africa, the Americas, Australia and Oceania, Mainland Southeast Asia, and Europe), and it lays the foundation for future developments within the field. In this way, the book bridges the disciplines of cultural anthropology and linguistics and paves the way for the new book series Anthropological Linguistics.

Author : Susanne Mohr
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781000461411

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Nominal Pluralization and Countability in African Varieties of English by Susanne Mohr Pdf

This book is the first comprehensive analysis of nominal plural marking, its morphosyntax and semantics, across different African varieties of English. Mohr explores the rich diversity in the varieties and how different conceptualizations of the number category are realized across different cultures. The investigation of unstandardized noun plurals in Kenyan, Tanzanian, Ghanaian and Nigerian Englishes is based on a mixed methods design drawing on corpus linguistics, acceptability questionnaires and psycholinguistic experiments. In this vein, the book not only contributes to the description of each of these four varieties, but also sheds light on standardization processes and language change in New Englishes. Importantly, it is a plea for the triangulation of data and mixed methods approaches in World Englishes research, as the combination of these methods grants insight into unforeseen areas of language structures and use. This volume is a useful reference work for students and researchers in World Englishes, varieties of English and African Studies, as well as those interested in linguistic anthropology.

Author : Michael C. Hall,Hazel Tucker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2004-09-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781134329663

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Tourism and Postcolonialism by Michael C. Hall,Hazel Tucker Pdf

Due to its centrality to the processes of transnational mobilities, migration and globalization, tourism studies has the potential to make a significant contribution to understanding the postcolonial experience. Drawing together theoretical and applied research, this fascinating book illuminates the links between tourism, colonialism and postcolonialism. Significantly, it creates a space for the voices of authors from postcolonial countries. Chapters are integrated and examined through concepts taken from the wider postcolonial literature, which identify tourism not only as an international industry but also as a postcolonial cultural form, which by its very nature is based on past and present day colonial structural relationships. The first book to explicitly explore the contribution tourism can make to the postcolonial experience, this book is an essential read for students of tourism, cultural studies and geography.

Author : Michael C. Hall,Hazel Tucker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2004-09-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134329670

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Tourism and Postcolonialism by Michael C. Hall,Hazel Tucker Pdf

Drawing together theoretical and applied research, this fascinating book illuminates the links between tourism, colonialism and postcolonialism. Significantly, it creates a space for the voices of authors from postcolonial countries.

Author : Ana Deumert,Anne Storch,Nick Shepherd
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780198793205

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Colonial and Decolonial Linguistics by Ana Deumert,Anne Storch,Nick Shepherd Pdf

This volume offers a detailed exploration of coloniality in the discipline of linguistics, with case studies drawn from across the world. The chapters provide a nuanced account of the coloniality of linguistics at the level of knowledge and disciplinary practice, and expand their discussion to imagine a decolonial linguistics.

Author : Rachel Mairs
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 573 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2024-03-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781800086180

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Arabic Dialogues by Rachel Mairs Pdf

During the nineteenth century and into the early twentieth century, more Europeans visited the Middle East than ever before, as tourists, archaeologists, pilgrims, settler-colonists and soldiers. These visitors engaged with the Arabic language to differing degrees. While some were serious scholars of Classical Arabic, in the Orientalist mould, many did not learn the language at all. Between these two extremes lies a neglected group of language learners who wanted to learn enough everyday colloquial Arabic to get by. The needs of these learners were met by popular language books, which boasted that they could provide an easy route to fluency in a difficult language. Arabic Dialogues explores the motivations of Arabic learners and effectiveness of instructional materials, principally in Egypt and Palestine, by analysing a corpus of Arabic phrasebooks published in nine languages (English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Yiddish, Hebrew, Russian) and in the territory of twenty-five modern countries. Beginning with Napoleon’s Expédition d’Égypte (1798–1801), it moves through the periods of mass tourism and European colonialism in the Middle East, concluding with the Second World War. The book also considers how Arab intellectuals understood the project of teaching Arabic to foreigners, the remarkable history of Arabic-learning among Yiddish- and Hebrew-speaking immigrants in Palestine, and the networks of language learners, teachers and plagiarists who produced these phrasebooks.

Author : Anthony Carrigan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136833922

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Postcolonial Tourism by Anthony Carrigan Pdf

Carrigan here examines the aesthetic portrayal of tourism in postcolonial literatures. Looking at the cultural and ecological effects of mass tourism development in states that are still grappling with the legacies of 'western' colonialism, he argues that postcolonial writers provide blueprints toward sustainable tourism futures.